Soffit clip for reenforces for concrete structures



jnme 3 1924.

H. G. OLIVER SOFFIT CLIP FOR REENF'ORCES FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES Flled Jan. 23 1922 mam vTO/e 'fi. OZwcr ATTORNEY Mme-1e Patented June 3, 1924.

HERBERT G. OLIVER, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

SOIEFI'J. CLIP FOR REENFORCES FOR CONCRETE STRUCTURES.

To all whom it may concern:

Be 'it known that I, HERBERT G. OLIVER, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of New York city, in the county and State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sofiit Clips for Reenforces for Concrete Structures, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

Among the principal objects which the present invention has in View are: to provide a clip structure universally adaptable for application to structural beams of various flange widths; to provide clips of the character mentioned for reinforcing concrete structures offset from the face of the beam to insure suflicient bond with the concrete; to provide a clip which may be expanded to fit various widths of beams, said expansion not operating to decrease the amount of metal embodied in a given area; and to provide a clip which is compact before being applied to a beam, thus decreasing the cost of shipping and packing.

' eferring to thedrawings- Figure 1 is a plan view of 'a sofiit clip constructed and arranged in accordance with the present invention said clip being contracted to storage or shipping dimensions.

Figure 2 is an under-side view of a steel I-beam showing the application of said clip thereto.

Fi ure 3 is a perspective view of a section of a cam having a section of clip as used therewith.

.Figure 1 is a sectional elevation taken through the beam and reinforcing clip.

Description.

The present invention has in view particularly the improvement of the reinforcing member for concrete structures which is the 1 subject of my pending application filed May 2", 1921, Serial No. 473,115, to which cross reference is here made. In the application referred to, the advantage'of having the clip member maintained inv spaced relation from the bottom of the steel beam has been explained as permitting the concrete to completely enfold the wire which becomes em bedded therein.

With the same idea in view, the present invention comprises a pair of runner wires 10 connected together at intervals in their length by the bridging members 11 to which they are fixedly connected as by welding or Application filed January 23, 1922. Serial No. 531,114.

Intermediatethe bridging members 11, a

and suitably fastened to the wires 10 are the oppositely disposed clips 14 which are formed from a single piece of wire coiled to form loops. ,The ends 15 of the clips beyond the loops, extend upwardly, and are adapted to be turned over the flange of the beam.

The clips as a whole are made up and shipped in their contracted form asseen in Fig. 1 to the point of use where they are applied to the beam.

In use, the looped portions of the clips 14 act to maintain the runner Wires a fixed distance from the face of the beam or soffit so that the wire structure will be completely embedded when the concrete is poured and tamped. To fasten the wire structure in position the upwardly projecting ends 15 of the clips 14: are passed over the edges of the flange 17 on the beam or sofiit and are then bent over to engage the upper surface of the flange, and in a manner that the loops are maintained in engagement with the under surface thereof. In the event of the use of the wire structure with beams or sofiits of a width greater than the normal spread of the clips 14, as when the runner wires or members 10 are disposed in normally spaced parallel relation, the clips 1% are to be severed at points medially between the latter, and the oppositely disposed looped portions thereof then pulled apart to the required distance to admit of the ends 15 thereof to be engaged over the edges of the beam or soflit in the manner as hereinbefore stated for the same. v

In thus spreading the loops to the edge of the beam, the running wires 10 must be contorted, and being slightly elastic draw the loops together. When the ends 15 have been bent over the flange of the beam, they are held there securely. This prevents the clips from sliding while the workman subsequently applies other of the clips to the beam.

T is means of holding the clips in fixed relation with the beam does not decrease the amount of metal per area of concrete thereby maintaining the reinforcement of the covering structures.

. lhe grip that the ends 15 of the wire maintain on the beam enable the workman to slide along the top of the beam and tension each portion of the clip as he fits it to the beam so that there will be, when completed, a reinforcing structure \firmly held into the beam.

CZaims. 1. A reinforcement comprising spaced normally parallel longitudinally extending members, transverse bridging elements permanently connecting said members in their spaced relation, and attaching clips of a greater length than said bridging elements spaced between the adjacent of the latter and having medial portions connecting said spaced between the adJacent of the latter and normally connecting said members in their spaced relation, said clips being adapted to be severed at points between said members whereby the portions of the latter extending between adjacent bridging elements may be distorted in opposite directions for attachment to soflits of varying widths by the severed portions of said clips.

3. A reinforcement comprising spaced parallel longitudinally extending members, transverse bridging elements permanently connecting said members in their spaced relation, and integral attaching clips spaced between the adjacent of said bridging elements and permanently connected to said members and normally maintain the same in their spaced relation, said clips being adapted to be severed at points between said me1nbers whereby the portions of the latter extending between adjacent bridging elements may be distorted in opposite directions for attachment to soflits of varying widths by the severed portions of said clips.

HERBERT G. OLIVER. 

